Car Thief Tries To Escape, Dies In Crash With Truck

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September 18, 1992

VICTORIA, TEXAS — A motorist who drove off without paying for $21.52 worth of gasoline and tried to outrun police in a stolen car was killed in a crash at an intersection. The chase Wednesday began 30 miles from Victoria in Seadrift and ended with the car crashing into a truck and ricocheting into another car. Deputy Sheriff Ron Kruger said he clocked the unidentified 26-year-old man at up to 120 mph. ''The ol' boy was not going to stop for nothing,'' Kruger said. The driver of the other car suffered a fractured leg and his wife had facial injuries. The truck driver had minor injuries.